Essays about: "Women’s rights movement"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Women’s rights movement.
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1. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED : How International Actors Bolster Women’s Movements’ Push for Strong Gender Provisions
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Gender provisions have the overarching goal of enhancing gender equality, however few peace agreements include strong gender provisions. The presence of strong gender provisions in ceasefire agreements has crucial implications in the immediate and post-conflict phase in improving women’s situation. READ MORE
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2. Feminist framing of Comfort Women in news media
University essay from Södertörns högskola/JournalistikAbstract : With the development of media framing research on the issue of comfort women, people have gradually realized that the media's interpretation of the issue of comfort women will have a considerable impact on the understanding of this issue. The image of comfort women was also established in this process. READ MORE
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3. Gaining international legitimacy by improving women's rights and gender equality - The case of Nicaragua
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : A reoccurring argument in previous research is that autocracies implement policy changes for women’s rights in order to gain international legitimacy. The idea is that by showing the international community that they are on-board with the global movement to empower women; focus is diverted from their shortcomings in other democratic aspects. READ MORE
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4. #MeToo, Men’s Sexual Violence against Women and the Chilling Effect of Defamation Lawsuits: A Feminist Critique of the Swedish Criminal Justice System
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : #MeToo became in 2017 a strong and successful movement in Sweden where women exercised their freedom of expression to question structural injustice and men’s sexual violence against women. The movement broke the silence and stigma about being victim of men’s sexual violence and helped fight impunity. READ MORE
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5. The Role of Iranian Men in Women's Anti-Compulsory Hijab Movement
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Abstract After the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, there were several changes in the status of women's rights. Some of these new changes disregarded the freedom of the people, regardless of gender, like freedom of expression, writing, religion, etc. But in some cases, they were only against the women's individual rights and freedoms. READ MORE
